Clastic and bioclastic sediment along a beach at Asbury Park, New Jersey. Photo by Vince Cronin.

Important Notes

• The reading assignments are in the required laboratory manual (textbook) listed near the bottom of this document.
• You must submit [1] the original paper lab-activity sheets on which you have recorded your answers (stapled together in order), and [2] a PDF file containing scans of the completed laboratory activities to your laboratory instructor before the end of your lab meeting.
• The end-of-lab quiz must be completed via the Canvas LMS within 6 hours after your laboratory meeting ends.

Lab Assignment

1. View the video introducing the material in Chapter 6 of the AGI/NAGT Lab Manual at https://goo.gl/JIK8cy.
2. View the pronunciation guide for geoscience terms used in Chapter 6 of the AGI/NAGT Lab Manual at https://youtu.be/e4AuTfaVdPc.
3. Scan: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 6, section Introduction and all of its subsections, pages 147-153.
4. Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 6, section Primary Properties of Sediments and Sedimentary Rock and all of its subsections, p. 154-156.
5. Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 6, Activity 6.4, Sediment from Source to Sink, pages 172-174. If you get stuck, contact your Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) or Dr. Cronin and they'll try to help you get unstuck.
6. Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 6, Activity 6.5, Sediment Analysis, Classification, and Interpretation, page 175.
7. Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 6, section Classification of Sedimentary Rock and all of its subsections, p. 156-161
8. Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, Activity 6.6 Hand Sample Analysis and Interpretation, page 176-78, using the videos linked below.
   Identify these specimens, in the order given, on page 176 of the AGI/NAGT Lab Manual:
   • Unknown sedimentary specimen 01 — same specimen type as unknown 2474 that is shown online at https://youtu.be/8IAYoPObdOM
   • Unknown sedimentary specimen 02 — same specimen type as unknown 2612 that is shown online at https://youtu.be/k0_MwNwFFng
   • Unknown sedimentary specimen 03 — same specimen type as unknown 3303 that is shown online at https://youtu.be/qOqzkHmUv7w
   • Unknown sedimentary specimen 04 — same specimen type as unknown 3651 that is shown online at https://youtu.be/K3wUjPuy7F4
   
   Identify these specimens, in the order given, on page 177 of the AGI/NAGT Lab Manual:
   • Unknown sedimentary specimen 05 — same specimen type as unknown 4561 that is shown online at https://youtu.be/yL1oknlzeIo
   • Unknown sedimentary specimen 06 — same specimen type as unknown 4736 that is shown online at https://youtu.be/9quPSzga93k
   • Unknown sedimentary specimen 07 — same specimen type as unknown 5344 that is shown online at https://youtu.be/FjZuBocXTds
   • Unknown sedimentary specimen 08 — same specimen type as unknown 5462 that is shown online at https://youtu.be/GpWX_hnEY8E
   • Unknown sedimentary specimen 09 — same specimen type as unknown 6189 that is shown online at https://youtu.be/MFv8OCyaZM4
   
   Identify these specimens, in the order given, on page 178 of the AGI/NAGT Lab Manual:
   • Unknown sedimentary specimen 10 — same specimen type as unknown 6672 that is shown online at https://youtu.be/rIf9rrB76tg
   • Unknown sedimentary specimen 11 — same specimen type as unknown 6750 that is shown online at https://youtu.be/05yjH1RbDTQ
   • Unknown sedimentary specimen 12 — same specimen type as unknown 7434 that is shown online at https://youtu.be/-7tUuMW63ec
   • Unknown sedimentary specimen 13 — same specimen type as unknown 9370 that is shown online at https://youtu.be/zToa3fgdE-Q
   • Unknown sedimentary specimen 14 — same specimen type as unknown 9908 that is shown online at https://youtu.be/BGpjMF6GSfo
9. Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 6, section Sedimentary Structures and Environments and all of its subsections, p. 161-166.
10. Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 6, Activity 6.7, Grand Canyon Outcrop Analysis and Interpretation, page 179.
11. Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 6, Activity 6.8, Using the Present to Imagine the Past — Dogs and Dinosaurs, page 180.

Summary of Assigned Lab Activities for This Week: Activities 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, and 6.8

Required Textbook And Online Resources

AGI/NAGT Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology, 12th edition (paper copy) Print Lab Manual ISBN: 9780135836972

Contacting Your Teachers

How To Contact Professor Cronin

Professor Cronin is available to facilitate understanding of course material that you have been studying and to help you navigate around any temporary barriers to your learning.

email: Vince_Cronin@baylor.edu

mobile, for text or voice: listed on the "lecture"-course homepage on Canvas.
Only contact him on his mobile device between 8 AM and 8 PM Central Time, and only if it is an important question/issue related to this course.

How To Contact Your Graduate Teaching Assistant

• Lab Section B (Tues 2:40-4:35 PM): Sanjukta Dhar — email Sanjukta_Dhar1@baylor.edu
• Lab Section C (Tues 4:40-6:35 PM): Sanjukta Dhar — email Sanjukta_Dhar1@baylor.edu
• Lab Section D (Wed 12:20-2:15 PM): Toluwaleke Ajayi (AJ) — email toluwaleke_ajayi1@baylor.edu
• Lab Section E (Wed 2:30-4:25 PM): Toluwaleke Ajayi (AJ) — email toluwaleke_ajayi1@baylor.edu
• Lab Section J (Thurs 2:40-4:35 PM): Vinothan Sivapalan — email vinothan_sivapalan1@baylor.edu

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